It looks like Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will remain in the top job at the platform, at least for the time being. Last week, investment management firm Elliott Management Corp. announced that it had purchased a significant stake in Twitter and that it planned on using its newfound influence at the company to push for changes, including the…
With Coronavirus spreading across the globe, more and more regions are being impacted by the various closures, shutdowns and quarantine measures that are being implemented to help contain the outbreak and limit its impacts. And while public health and safety is obviously the number one concern, the flow-on consequences for business will also be significant, with…
I mean, I don’t really know what to say about this, but people have asked, so… LinkedIn recently launched a new series of playlists on Spotify to soundtrack your professional development in various areas. As you can see here, the playlists are split into different topics, including ‘Women at Work’, ‘Never Give Up’ and ‘Refine and Focus’…
Facebook sees VR as the future of social media interaction, a future that Facebook wants to own in order to maintain its position on top of the social heap. And it’s working to do just that – after recently acquiring several top VR game developers an integrating them into its growing Oculus VR division, The…
If you’ve tapped on the Facebook options menu in the mobile app in the last few days, you may have noticed this. The listing has been changed from the all-white layout to a blue gradient background, along with bubble tiles for each individual option, with alerts for recent activity beneath each. The team over at Android…
Twitter has this week issued an update to its rules around hateful conduct, which it first launched last year. The rules are designed to help keep Twitter conversations more civil and set clear parameters around acceptable behavior on the platform. As per Twitter: “As a result, of months of conversations and feedback from the public and conversations with both internal and,…
The arrival of dark mode for WhatsApp earlier last week also served as a reminder that Facebook’s flagship app still doesn’t have its own Facebook dark mode option, despite various elements of it being spotted in testing over the last year. Indeed, back in August, serial tipster, Jane Manchun Wong reported that Facebook dark mode was in development,…
Following the latest announcements around Instagram and coronavirus-related content measures from Facebook and Twitter, Instagram has now also detailed how it’s working to guide users towards accurate, relevant updates on the situation. The first focus is information accuracy – Instagram says that it’s working to remove “known harmful misinformation related to Instagram and coronavirus (COVID-19”), while it’s also now highlighting…
With the Coronavirus outbreak slowly spreading across the globe, people are understandably spooked and looking for more information. And given the propensity for people to get their news updates from Facebook, it’s a fairly safe bet that many will be looking there – and with 2.5 billion active users, it’s now likely the best platform to reach…
A big focus for LinkedIn in 2020, and moving forward, will be expanding economic opportunity, and ensuring that all people have equal access to employment options. That’s a lofty goal, but an important one – according to LinkedIn’s research, people with the right connections alone have a 12x better chance of obtaining their dream career….